T17.TOP dates back to November 13, 2023; its registration is valid until November 13, 2033. That makes the domain about 3 years old. Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn) (IANA ID 1599) manages the name, which is active at the moment. No renewal is needed before 2033. The registrant is listed in China. Its nameservers are dns25.hichina.com and dns26.hichina.com. Nameservers decide where a domain's DNS is hosted, so a change of nameservers usually means the website or email moved to a new provider. Managed DNS providers are often used for speed, security and protection against attacks. An older registration date is often seen as a sign of an established website, although age alone says nothing about who owns it today. Status flags such as transfer or delete locks are set by the registrar or registry to protect a domain from unauthorised changes. Privacy services replace the owner's contact details in the public record with those of a proxy, which is common for personal registrations. Public WHOIS records can show the registrant organisation and country, while many owners now hide personal details behind privacy services. Registrars are the companies accredited to sell and manage domain names, and the sponsoring registrar is the one currently responsible for this name. Registry locks add an extra layer of protection for valuable names, because changes then need manual confirmation by the registry.
Whois Data Center has 5 historical WHOIS snapshots for T17.TOP. The newest snapshot was taken on November 14, 2023. A long history with few changes usually points to a stable owner, while frequent changes can signal a transfer or a resale. Security teams use WHOIS history to spot suspicious ownership changes and to link related domains. Each snapshot is a dated copy of the public WHOIS record as it looked when it was collected. Snapshots are collected over time, so the gaps between them depend on how often the record was checked. Historical records are useful for due diligence, brand protection and investigating the background of a website.
The record was updated in 21 fields between November 6, 2022 and November 14, 2023. The registrar changed from Eranet International Limited to Alibaba Cloud Computing Ltd. d/b/a HiChina (www.net.cn). The nameservers moved from ns2.taoa.com and ns1.taoa.com to dns25.hichina.com and dns26.hichina.com. Status flags were updated: ok and addPeriod were added and clientTransferProhibited was removed. The expiry date moved from July 13, 2023 to November 13, 2033, which shows the domain was renewed. The complete history is available below and can be exported for your own analysis.
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